Sociodemographic, Clinical Variables, and Quality of Life in Patients with Epilepsy in Mekelle City, Northern Ethiopia

Table 3

Difference of QOL score in epilepsy patient in ACSH and Mekelle Hospital.

Parameter	(%)	Total QOL score (Mean (SD))
Sex
Female	68 (38.9)	80.21 (20.37)	0.888^a
Male	107 (61.1)	76.55 (21.01)
Residence
Urban	100 (57.1)	78.33 (21.72)	0.245^a
Rural	75 (42.9)	77.5 (19.59)
Level of education^c
No formal education^d	26 (14.9)	69.48 (21.27)	0.001^b
Primary^a	47 (26.9) 72 (41.1)	73.13 (21.88)
Secondary	30 (17.1)	79.38 (20.76)
Tertiary and above		89.52 (11.85)
ADR
Yes	48 (27.4)	72.81 (22.14)	0.273^a
No	127 (72.6)	79.92 (19.98)
Presence of seizure per month^c
Absence	14 (8)	91.28 (9.21)	0.001^a
Present	161 (92)	76.81 (21.11)
Drug therapy
Monotherapy	121 (69.1)	79.58 (20.24)	0.785^a
Polytherapy	54 (30.1)	74.37 (21.7)

^aIndependent sample t-test; ^bone-way ANOVA; ^csignificance consider when ; SD = standard deviation; N = number of patients; ADR = adverse drug reaction; QOL = quality of life; ^d value ≤ 0.001; ^e value 0.003.